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seb wos seb wos
 
M$1 December 19, 2008 04:39 PM

Is there a product on the market that turns apple's itouch into an offline navigation system?

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hartwell hartwell
 
 December 19, 2008 04:55 PM
there may be soon, from apple. Turn by turn directions is one of the short list of things that are specifically verboten by Apple's SDK.

this may be because apple doesn't want to be in the chain of liability when some user drives off an unfinished bridge into a river. or it may be because apple wants to sell this functionality themselves.
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canamrotax canamrotax
 
December 20, 2008 04:59 AM
Without the GPS receiver of the iPhone, you are relegated to the use of wi-fi and cell tower mapping. That being said, there are scads of apps for you to choose from, if you jailbreak your ipod touch. If you don't want to ruin your unit by jailbreaking, the $20 update from Apple seems like the only sanctioned way...
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http://gizmodo.com/5095448/ipod-touch-users-left-out-of-google-maps-upgrade...
http://itouchmap.com/


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harrisonpo... harrisonpo...
 
December 20, 2008 04:53 PM
Short Answer: No.

You will need to be connected to the internet in order to have navigation.

GPS software coming out in the near future (TomTom / probably Garmin too) will contain map packs, but this software will be useless without the GPS feature of the iPhone.

You can use Google Maps and Google Earth on your iTouch, but you must be connected to the internet.

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